Midwest & Great Northern Printer’s Fair

Midwest & Great Northern Printer’s Fair
September 17, 18 & 19, 2026
Printers’ Hall on Midwest Old Threshers Grounds
Mount Pleasant, Iowa

Demonstrations each day on presses, linecasting and Ludlow machines, and much more. An amazing array of operational letterpress equipment. Talk to fellow printers demonstrating iron handpresses, platen presses and large newspaper cylinder presses like the hand-fed, 14-ton, 00 Miehle press!

List of information and photos can be found here:

https://www.oldthreshers.com/other-events/printers-fair/

Printers’ Hall will open at 8:00 a.m. each morning.
Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m. is the Letterpress Swap Meet with vendors selling metal type (vintage & newly cast), wood type, print blocks and cuts, proof presses and more. Plus many other printing supplies.

This event is FREE with opportunity to purchase an optional Friday only VIP Pass for even more in-depth access and instruction.

See the above web site to reserve vendor tables or for more info.

Come for the letterpress fun and to support Printer’s Hall!

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